String based Action Bar API

paper-server/src/main/java/org/bukkit/craftbukkit/entity/CraftPlayer.java

@@ -395,6 +395,28 @@ public class CraftPlayer extends CraftHumanEntity implements Player {
     }
 
     // Paper start
+    @Override
+    @Deprecated
+    public void sendActionBar(BaseComponent[] message) {
+        if (getHandle().connection == null) return;
+        net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundSetActionBarTextPacket packet = new net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundSetActionBarTextPacket(org.bukkit.craftbukkit.util.CraftChatMessage.fromJSON(net.md_5.bungee.chat.ComponentSerializer.toString(message)));
+        getHandle().connection.send(packet);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Deprecated
+    public void sendActionBar(String message) {
+        if (getHandle().connection == null || message == null || message.isEmpty()) return;
+        getHandle().connection.send(new net.minecraft.network.protocol.game.ClientboundSetActionBarTextPacket(CraftChatMessage.fromStringOrNull(message)));
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @Deprecated
+    public void sendActionBar(char alternateChar, String message) {
+        if (message == null || message.isEmpty()) return;
+        sendActionBar(org.bukkit.ChatColor.translateAlternateColorCodes(alternateChar, message));
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setPlayerListHeaderFooter(BaseComponent[] header, BaseComponent[] footer) {
          if (header != null) {